No. 1,024 in Japanese
サイド
"Side" (サイド) means "side" or "aspect" in English.
In a sentence
このカフェのサイドメニューはとても充実しています。
The side menu at this café is quite extensive.
Here, 'サイド' modifies 'メニュー' to mean the supplementary menu or items offered alongside the main dish.
その問題を解決するために、他の視点から考えてサイドアプローチを試してみましょう。
To solve that problem, let's try a side approach by thinking from another perspective.
'サイド' combined with 'アプローチ' indicates a secondary or alternative method to approach something.
彼はサイドの役割でチームを引っ張っています。
He is leading the team in a side role.
In this context, 'サイド' refers to a supplementary role or position in addition to a main function.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “サイド” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “サイド” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).